Monthly Archives: November 2014

[facebook] [retweet] “Best (& Worst) Beach Bodies of the Year”. That was the headline that grabbed my attention a while back as I stood in line at the grocery store. And it wasn’t for the most obvious reason that a 30-something year old man might be tempted to take a peek. In contrast, this was much…

[facebook][retweet] Distressed residential properties had a median sales price of 37 percent below the median sales price of non-distressed properties nationwide in September, according to Realty Trac’s Q3 2014 Residential and Foreclosure Sales Report released Tuesday. The median price of distressed residential homes, which are those in foreclosure or owned by banks when sold, was…

[facebook] [retweet] The nation’s negative equity rate dipped closer to single digits in the year’s second quarter, though nearly one in five borrowers remain poorly positioned, according to new data released Thursday. Property information firm CoreLogic reported that nearly 946,000 homes returned to positive equity in the second quarter, meaning the mortgage holders owe less…

I received a great question from Charles, one of our guild members, a few days ago…and I thought it was the perfect choice for this month’s “Ask the P.I.G.” video. Charles wanted to know what is the best way to find real estate “hot spots”, or the highly desirable neighborhoods in your…